Remove metadata before posting to Discord
Discord applies no AI label. The exposure is different and arguably worse: Discord serves uploads as the original file, so anyone in the server can download your image and read everything inside it.
For Midjourney and Stable Diffusion users that means your prompt and seed, in plain text.
Drop an image here
We read what is inside it first, then show you every field before anything is removed.
JPEG · PNG · WebP: up to 25.0 MB · 30 files at a time
How it behaves
How Discord handles AI metadata
- Discord does not strip metadata the way large social platforms do. The file you upload is broadly the file others download.
- Midjourney images saved from Discord carry the prompt and seed in XMP, so re-uploading them anywhere hands over your method.
- Stable Diffusion PNGs posted to a server carry the full generation parameters in readable text chunks.
- Phone photos posted casually carry GPS, which on a pseudonymous account is a genuine deanonymisation risk.
What writes it
Discord features that embed metadata
- Midjourney saves, prompt and seed intact in XMP.
- Stable Diffusion and ComfyUI PNGs, full parameters and node graphs.
- Phone screenshots and photos, device model and sometimes GPS.
Where it is read
Which uploads carry metadata
- Channel image uploads
- Served close to the original. Downloadable by anyone with access.
- Server banners and icons
- Usually Canva or AI exports.
- Profile avatars and banners
- Frequently AI-generated.
- Direct messages
- Same upload path, same exposure.
Who hits this
Common situations
AI artists sharing work
Posting a Stable Diffusion PNG in a critique channel publishes your prompt, seed, model and LoRAs to everyone in the server.
Pseudonymous accounts
A camera body serial number links every photo you post to one device, and to anywhere else that device's photos appear under your real name.
Communities with AI rules
Many servers require AI work to be flaired or kept to specific channels. Metadata is how moderators check.
Honest limits
When cleaning will not solve it
- Stripping metadata does not make a rule not apply. If a server requires AI disclosure, disclose it.
- Anyone who already downloaded the original still has it.
Questions
Discord metadata FAQ
›Does Discord remove image metadata?
Not in the way large social platforms do. Discord serves uploads close to the original, so metadata generally survives and anyone with access to the channel can download and read it.
›Can people see my Midjourney prompt from a Discord image?
If you saved from Midjourney and re-uploaded the file, yes. The prompt and seed sit in the XMP block as readable text.
›Is posting photos on Discord a privacy risk?
It can be. Phone photos carry device information and sometimes GPS, and on a pseudonymous account a camera serial number links your posts together.
›Should I strip metadata to get around a server AI rule?
That is between you and the moderators, and removing a marker does not make a rule not apply. The clearer uses are privacy and protecting your own prompts.
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